Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
[Verse 1]
Men made out of monkeys
Men made into mice
Happy days are here again
All the drinks half price
A girl with a trick and a man with a calling
[Chorus]
Trying to make a living out of your downfalling
Trying to make a living out of anything at all
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school
[Verse 2]
You and I as lovers were nothing but a farce
Trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s arse
Saying "Why don't you watch me"
Hardly speaking sotto voce
[Chorus]
Trying to make a living out of your downfalling
Trying to make a living out of anything at all
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school
[Bridge]
I've got a notion
I've got an angle
Take your dreams and promises
And put them through the mangle
They say it's hell to finance too
And I just want to romance you
[Verse 3]
In this perpetual nightclub
I'll be yours eternal
Though the hours are long
And the noise infernal
Just one shameful act or sometimes two
We make believe we are making do
[Chorus]
Trying to make a living out of your downfalling
Trying to make a living out of anything at all
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school
[Outro]
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school
In that charm school
Charm School was written by Elvis Costello.
Charm School was produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley.
Elvis Costello released Charm School on Fri Aug 05 1983.